When we study human language, we are approaching what some might call the ‘human essence,’ the distinctive qualities of mind that are, so far as we know, unique to man and that are inseparable from any critical phase of human existence, personal or social. Hence the fascination of this study, and, no less, its frustration. – Noam Chomsky (1972)

Postdoc

• Dr. Angeliki Athanasopoulou (2017–2019)
  • Prosody of Plains Cree
  • Acquisition of prosody; sound symbolism
    Co-supervisor: Dr. Suzanne Curtin (PSYC)

PhD

• Brett C. Nelson
  • Third language acquisition of laryngeal features in Kaqchikel (2021)
• Mohammad Alsamaani
  • Voice onset time in Swahili: perception, production, and imitation (2020)
    Co-supervisor: Dr. Stephen Winters
• Dr. Philothe Kabasele
  • A systematic investigation of mid-vowel sounds in Kinshasa Lingala: a case of extreme contrast reduction (2018)
• Dr. Joseph W. Windsor
  • From phonology to syntax — and back again: hierarchical structure in Irish and Blackfoot (2017)
    Co-supervisor: Dr. Elizabeth Ritter
• Dr. Sameera Allihibi
  • The nominal inflectional suffix -e(t) in Damascus Arabic: a network morphology account (2017)
• Dr. Kelly Murphy
  • Melodies of Hawai’i: the relationship between Hawai’i Creole English and Olelo Hawai’i prosody (2013)
• Dr. Ashley Burnett
  • Enclisis in Early Old French (2011)

MA

• Kody Tufts
  • Process-based Dene morphology (2022)
    Co-supervisor: Dr. Amanda Pounder
• Merion Hodgson
  • Voice onset time in Plains Cree (2020)
    Co-supervisor: Dr. Angeliki Athanasopoulou
• Dr. Joseph W. Windsor
  • When nothing exists: the role of zero in the prosodic hierarchy (2012)
• Dr. Emily Elfner
  • The mora in Blackfoot (2006)
• Corey Telfer
  • Coronalization as assibilation (2006)
• Elizabeth Stacy
  • Phonological aspects of Blackfoot prominence (2004)
  • B.A. Honours

BA Honours

• Rein Sastok
  • The problem of Estonian quantity (2013)
• Jen Grond
  • Q is not a word: a critical review of artificial language research (2013)
• Jessi L. Cobler
  • You had me at muktuk: a preliminary exploration of the internet as a tool for linguistic research on Inuit youth language (2013)
• Niah Colburn
  • The role of geminates in the syllable structure of Tashlhiyt Berber: a moraic analysis (2011)
• Joey Windsor
  • Phono-morpho-syntax and all points in between: Irish lenitions and the prosodic phrase (2010)
• Karine Dupuis
  • Vowel coalescence and neutralization in Québec French (2008)
• Deanna Jager
  • Length in Blackfoot (2005)
• Emily Elfner
  • The role of sonority in Blackfoot phonotactics (2004)
• Corey Telfer
  • Palatalisation in Dakota (2003)